Riddles in the Downs

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Applause! Great work! You are a good riddler. You solved everything in the riddle, even the "seven times stronger" part; the only thing you did not mention was the

Hope and its bringer I have seen from afar,
ִ̣̣̣̣̣̣̣ ִ ִ have been observing the tide that has turned.

Which was, actually, referring to something that happened near, like Isildur's death, and that was the event of the ride of Eorl (resp. Borondir).

So, I think you indeed deserve to take the thread

[Rumil]

Cheers Legate,

now for my first ever riddle, how exciting!


Cold be my bones, under turf, under sky,
Close to deep waters forever I lie,

From vic'try to vic'try I marched for to win,
From darkness of old the place of our kin,

Counsel we heeded not,
Allies we needed not,

I slew their great leader in bright shining sun,
T'was darkness we came to turn light when we'd won,

The black shaft it took me to darkness from light,
The first one to fall in vainglorious fight.

Good luck,

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I'll try, okay? I just cannot resist

I think this could be Flói, one of the Dwarves who was with Balin in Moria.

Cold be my bones, under turf, under sky,
Close to deep waters forever I lie,

Originally Posted by Book of Mazarbul

Flói under grass near Mirror mere

Here I came to think that this refers to someone buried near Mirrormere, for a short moment I thought of Balin - but then I remembered that Balin's tomb was inside. I also thought about maybe some other Dwarf from the Battle of Azanulbizar. But after I read the below, I remembered that quote.

From vic'try to vic'try I marched for to win,
From darkness of old the place of our kin,
This could have been many things, but in this image it fits well with the image of a fighting Dwarf - and Moria.

Counsel we heeded not,
Allies we needed not,
Wilfully they entered Moria, even though Dáin did not like it.

I slew their great leader in bright shining sun,
T'was darkness we came to turn light when we'd won,
This was actually what made me think of Flói. Because:

Originally Posted by Book of Mazarbul

we slew many in the bright (...) sun in the dale. Flói was killed by an arrow. He slew the great

The black shaft it took me to darkness from light,
The first one to fall in vainglorious fight.
Black shaft = Moria. It seemed sure to me at that moment that we're speaking of Moria here. Flói is mentined as the first Dwarf killed by the Orcs.

Great riddle!

[Rumil]

Is it not said,

oooo you are so sharp you'll cut yourself one day


All yours....

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Sorry for the delay with the riddle... I was not here for some time and then couldn't come up with anything... (What do I have in my pocket?)

I hope I'll be around to reflect on possible answers, since on summer I'm sometimes not on places with computer access, but at least once a week I probably will be able to check... so just post your guesses, and I'll tell you all always when I'm here.

Here is the riddle.


I'm living in a land
where enchanted stream flows,
where flowers blossom, and
no fight is there, no foes.

When all my work is done
uphill I sometimes walk
to visit my best friend
to simply sit and talk.

But when darkness comes down
When lightnings fill the sky
I leave my home and town
When foe is passing by

I'm living in a land
Where cold stone serves for bed
All things will come to end
Tomorrow, I'll be dead


I hope you will enjoy it

[Gil-Galad]

Beorn?

I'm living in a land - living in Carrock
where enchanted stream flows, - the river of mirkwood was enchanted
where flowers blossom, and
no fight is there, no foes. - everyone who touches the stream gets drowsy and lost in dream

When all my work is done
uphill I sometimes walk
to visit my best friend
to simply sit and talk.

But when darkness comes down
When lightnings fill the sky
I leave my home and town
When foe is passing by Beorn cosntantly fights the goblins and wargs

I'm living in a land
Where cold stone serves for bed - carrock is a flat stone land
All things will come to end
Tomorrow, I'll be dead

i can't think right now... sorry for the half-responses, but its a try and maybe you should let me think of some riddles next time you get this, you always make your questions go on for 2-3 pages... disheartening :P

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Oh, sorry... really, I don't want to cause despair I just don't want to come up with anything far too easy... well, I even cannot, it seems... after all, I'm not generally picking hard things to guess (maybe save for the last time, but f.ex. before it was Orodruin).

But this time, Beorn it is not, and maybe if you had more time you will realize (for example, where would you pick up the best friend - and also, the river is quite far from Beorn's house). But as you said it was a try, so you may try again (or others, of course).

[Shards of Narsil]

Could it be Tom Bombadil?


I'm living in a land
where enchanted stream flows,
where flowers blossom, and
no fight is there, no foes.

The Old Forest had an enchanted stream, or maybe it was trees

When all my work is done
uphill I sometimes walk
to visit my best friend
to simply sit and talk.

I don't have my copy of FTR, but I seem to recall that Tom walked uphill to go home and meet with Goldberry.

But when darkness comes down
When lightnings fill the sky
I leave my home and town
When foe is passing by

I'm living in a land
Where cold stone serves for bed
All things will come to end
Tomorrow, I'll be dead

As for the last two verses, I can't specifically relate them to Tom.

[Gil-Galad]

Gandalf?


I'm living in a land - Undying Lands
where enchanted stream flows,
where flowers blossom, and
no fight is there, no foes. - its peaceful in them Undying lands

When all my work is done
uphill I sometimes walk - Where Varda and Manwe live is on a hill
to visit my best friend - could be Varda, or Manwe
to simply sit and talk.

But when darkness comes down - Sauron
When lightnings fill the sky
I leave my home and town - left Undying Lands
When foe is passing by

I'm living in a land - Middle Earth
Where cold stone serves for bed - lives off land
All things will come to end - as a Maia he is aware of the song
Tomorrow, I'll be dead - no that when his task his done he goes back to never be heard of again